Lot 27: Francesco Di Quesnoy, called il Fiammingo a Sculptor

Peter van Bleeck (1695-1764), after Anthony Van Dyck
Francesco Di Quesnoy, called il Fiammingo a Sculptor
mezzotint on laid paper, with thread margins, published by P.van Bleeck, 1751, with collectors' marks of: HP Horne, and Rijks Prentenkabinet, and deaccession mark DUBBEL/R.P.K. on the verso
unframed
P. 13 15/16 x 9 9/16in. (35.4 x 24.3cm.)
with another mezzotint of 'Fiamingo', by James McArdell (1729-1765), on laid paper, good impression with margins, published by Laurie & Whittle, London
unframed
P. 13 x 8 15/16in. (33 x 22.7cm.) (2)

Di Quesnoy, born in Brussels in 1594 became the most important Sculptor of the baroque period working for most of his life in Rome. He died by the administration of a slow poison given to him by his brother in 1643